ATP Queen’s Club 2026 Draw: Rafael Jodar back in action as Alex de Minaur leads way
The 2026 Queen’s Club ATP singles draw has officially been released and promises to be a key warm-up event as players make continue the transition from clay to grass ahead of Wimbledon.
Alex de Minaur, Jiri Lehecka, Jakub Mensik and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina are the top four seeds for the tournament.
The 123rd edition of the men’s event will take place at the Queen’s Club, London, from June 15-21.
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from the tournament, along with Jack Draper and Holger Rune, with all three sidelined by injury.
According to the ATP Tour website, the total prize money for the men’s event at Queen’s stands at £2,229,801.29.
Additionally, 500 ranking points will be awarded to the champion.
Latest Tennis News
Emma Raducanu reaches Queen’s final after Saturday double duty and receives rankings boost
Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for tennis coverage you can trust.
Top seed Alex de Minaur will open his campaign against Gabriel Diallo before potentially facing either wildcard Jack Pinnington Jones or Denis Shapovalov in the second round.
Next-generation star and French Open quarter-finalist Rafael Jodar is the tournament’s fifth seed and is projected to meet the Australian in the quarter-finals.
The teenager will open against Ignacio Buse, before facing off against either Brandon Nakashima or Marton Fucsovics.
Jakub Mensik leads the other section of the top half and begins his campaign against the experienced Adrian Mannarino.
In the bottom half, Jiri Lehecka will face Kamil Majchrzak in the opening round before a potential second-round clash with either a lucky loser or Alejandro Tabilo.
2018 champion Marin Cilic could prove a difficult quarter-final opponent for the Czech if the Croat can overcome Ugo Humbert and then likely sixth seed Arthur Rinderknech.
Rounding out the bottom half, fourth seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will begin against home favourite Cameron Norrie. Elsewhere in the section, eighth seed Tommy Paul opens against a qualifier or lucky loser.
First-round matches:
Alex de Minaur (1) v Gabriel Diallo
Jack Pinnington Jones (WC) v Denis Shapovalov
Brandon Nakashima v Marton Fucsovics
Ignacio Buse v Rafael Jodar (5)
Jakub Mensik (3) v Adrian Mannarino
Arthur Fery (WC) v Toby Samuel (WC)
Jenson Brooksby v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Qualifier/Lucky Loser v Francisco Cerundolo (7)
Tommy Paul (8) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Botic van de Zandschulp v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Qualifier/Lucky Loser v Corentin Moutet
Cameron Norrie v Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (4)
Arthur Rinderknech (6) v Hamad Medjedovic
Ugo Humbert v Marin Cilic
Qualifier/Lucky Loser v Alejandro Tabilo
Kamil Majchrzak (SE) v Jiri Lehecka (2)
De Minaur and Majchrzak are due to face off in the Libema Open final just one day prior to Queen’s, whilst Lehecka was edged out by Ben Shelton in the last four of the Stuttgart Open.
